bogs

noun

1
An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking; a marsh or swamp.
2
Confusion, difficulty, or any other thing or place that impedes progress in the manner of such areas.
3
The acidic soil of such areas, principally composed of peat; marshland, swampland.
4
A place to defecate: originally specifically a latrine or outhouse but now used for any toilet.
5
An act or instance of defecation.
6
A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.

1
(now often with "down") To sink or submerge someone or something into bogland.
2
To prevent or slow someone or something from making progress.
3
(now often with "down") To sink and stick in bogland.
4
To be prevented or impeded from making progress, to become stuck.
5
(originally vulgar Britain) To defecate, to void one's bowels.
6
(originally vulgar Britain) To cover or spray with excrement.
7
To make a mess of something.

1
An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
2
Any of various species of marine or freshwater crustaceans; e.g. a Morton Bay bug, mudbug.
3
Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.
“These flies are a bother. I’ll get some bug spray and kill them.”
4
Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath.
5
(chiefly computing and engineering jargon) A problem that needs fixing.
“The software bug led the computer to calculate 2 plus 2 as 3.”
6
A contagious illness; a bacterium or virus causing it
“He’s got the flu bug.”
7
An enthusiasm for something; an obsession
“I caught the skiing bug while staying in the Alps.”
8
A keen enthusiast or hobbyist.
9
A concealed electronic eavesdropping or intercept device
“We installed a bug in her telephone.”
10
A small and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.
“He suspected the image was a Web bug used for determining who was visiting the site.”
11
A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to indicate what network or cable channel is televising it
“Channel 4's bug distracted Jim from his favorite show.”
12
A manually positioned marker in flight instruments.
13
A semi-automated telegraph key.
14
Hobgoblin, scarecrow; anything that terrifies.
15
("the bug") HIV.
16
A limited form of wild card in some variants of poker.
17
A trilobite.
18
A young apprentice jockey.